On behalf of Cub Scout Pack #177, I would like to thank everyone that helped the pack at the Octoberfest. Whether you let us use your barn for the 57’ Chevy, worked the food booth, or simply purchased chili or coffee, thanks to all of you for your support of our pack.

I would like to bring attention to the present situation with the Spencer County Humane Society.

From what I have learned and to my knowledge, only one person works at the Humane Society on Spears Drive. After multiple attempts over a period of several days trying to reach that person by telephone, website and even driving there, I was unable to contact anyone.

Are tax dollars being spent for this service? If so, and even if not, someone needs to be there on a regular basis.

This letter is in regard to a menace on the road. When I leave for work, heading east on KY 44 from Mt. Washington, I encounter, almost every morning, a pickup truck. Now every one seems to think that speed kills. Well, I assure you that driving 20 miles an hour on curvy, hilly roads can also kill.

I can not count the number of cars and trucks that pass this individual every morning. I cringe when I see yet another automobile or truck pass this person on this dangerous road.

I am an adult child of an alcoholic father. My dad, Ernest Inghram, was given his first taste of alcohol when he was 12 years of age, at school. Older folk thought it funny to let him have his first drink, then to watch his behavior, which was out of control afterwards, with laughs.

Six months have passed since the first person put pen to paper and signed a petition to legalize the sale of alcohol in Spencer County. Now with only six days until the special-election, voters on both sides who care about the future of this small community are waiting for Tuesday when they can finally be heard.

I was shocked a week ago when I was entering and exiting a store in Taylorsville to see children and teenagers loitering and loudly shouting profanity in public to a driver that stopped his car to speak with them in the shopping center. This situation was unusual for our county. Those types of incidents could escalate. One adds alcohol or illegal drugs on top of that encounter and the end result would not be pleasant.